Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Awareness of secondary traumatic stress in emergency nursing
This article explores secondary traumatic stress (STS) and the emotional challenges that...
Time is precious: person-centred end of life care in an emergency department
A quality improvement project undertaken in one ED at a major tertiary referral hospital
Reducing attendance at trauma clinics by providing first-point-of-contact treatment
Implementing trauma pathways in two of Oxfordshire’s community minor injury units
Full-thickness burns due to contact with gastric acid
This article highlights the potential harm caused by gastric acid
How ED four-hour target affects clinical outcomes for people with a personality disorder
This article challenges the perception of the target as beneficial for all patients
Responding to nerve agent poisoning: a guide for emergency nurses. Part 2
The second part of our emergency nurse guide on nerve agents
ED staff’s experiences of family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitation
Follow-up to a paper-based questionnaire of emergency department staff's opinions...
Reflections on personal psychological resilience after the Shoreham air crash in 2015
Reflections on a psychological journey with reference to the conservation of resources theory
A reflective case study on prescribing anticoagulation for deep vein thrombosis
Clinical factors in prescribing anticoagulation for a patient with a DVT
Nerve agents: a guide for emergency nurses. Part 1
An overview of these agents, their history and manufacture, and how they affect physiology
Pre-hospital pain assessment in paediatric patients
The aim of this article is to review the literature on pre-hospital assessment of pain in...
Local implementation of a national curriculum and competency framework for emergency...
This article reviews the evidence associated with the Royal College of Nursing (2017)...